There’s a beautiful Casadei thickness planer for sale on a Dutch auction site so I contacted the seller and made him a good offer. I’ve worked with many brands over the years (SCM, Martin, Robland, Griggio, Bauerle) but this particular model by Casadei is one of my favourites. It’s quiet with almost no vibration, it has useful infeed speed setting (5, 10, 15 and 20 metres per minute) and electric height adjustment. I really hope the seller accepts my offer.

I recently started my own small shipyard and I go through a lot of Teak, Oak and Cherry. I’m now using an old beaten up loaner from a dealer I’m friends with that’s running on its last legs and can’t really handle hard wood all that well anymore. This one will make life much easier for me.